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14 yr boy who harnessed the wind

10 Mar 2012 1 Comment

by Dhyanji in Inspiring, news, technology, Videos Tags: electricity, energy, malawai, power, radio, technology, windmill

When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans he found in a library book.

To power his family’s home, young William Kamkwamba built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap.

when he addresssed ted in 2007

At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family’s home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.

when he addressed ted in 2009

William Kamkwamba (born August 5, 1987) is a Malawian inventor and author. He gained fame in his country when, in 2002, he built a windmill to power a few electrical appliances in his family’s house in Masitala using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrapyard. Since then, he has built a solar-powered water pump that supplies the first drinking water in his village and two other windmills (the tallest standing at 39 feet) and is planning two more, including one in Lilongwe, the political capital of Malawi. wikipedia